Store-cabinet.



WATSON WILLIAM MQKEE. OF TACOMA, WASHINGTON;

' STORE-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented Dec.'5, 1905. I

Application filed May 29, 1905. Serial No. 262,813.

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WATSON WILLIAM Mc- KEE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State of Washin ton, have invented certain new and useful In rovements in Store-Cabinets, of which the fo owing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to show-cases and cabinets, and has for its objects to provide a cabinet in which boxes containing crackers or other articles may be placed on a swinging shelf, so as to be readily removed from the cabinet; second, to provide a ,cover for said boxes when they are in the cabinet which shall not interfere with their being withdrawn therefrom, but which shall leave the box uncovered when it is withdrawn. I attain these objects by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows a side view of a cabinet having the side removed therefrom to disclose the interior thereof and showing the box within the cabinet. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the box being withdrawn from the cabinet, and Fi 3 is a similar view showing the box entire y withdrawn therefrom. Fig. 4 is a front view of the cabinet with the box therein. Fig; 5 is a section of the front of my improved cracker-box.

Similar numerals of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The cabinet illustrated has room for only One box; but it is evident that by altering the proportions the number of boxes which it may accommodate is limited only by the circumstances. Each box 1 is loosely placed on a separate shelf 2, which is supported by the parallel hanging rods 3, secured at their lower end to the shelf 2 and joined together at their upper end by the horizontal tie-rod 4. The rods 3 do not reach quite up to the top of the box 1. The rods 3 always remain vertical, and the rod 4 and shelf 2 remain horizontal. The two swinging arms 5, of equal length, are pivoted at their upper ends to the ends of the bars 3 and 4 and at their lower ends to a horizontal bar 6 equal in length to equal the rod 4 must always be parallel to the bar 6, which is horizontal, and since the shelf 2 is always parallel with the bar 4it, too,

. must always be horizontal,

The motion of the parts above described will readily be seen to be circular on a radius equal to the length of the arms 5, and therefore the shelf will be raised to its highest position when the arms 5 stand vertical. I have arranged the arts so that when the shelf is pushed entire y into the cabinet the arms 5 shall be inclined a slight amount from the vertical position and toward the rear of the cabinet, so that the weight of the shelf, box, &c. will always keep it closed. When, however, the shelf is pulled out from the cabinet, it is first raised slightly and then it fallsas i t is brought out until it reaches the point shown in Fig. 3, when thebox is entirely out of the cabinet and the rear of the shelf rests on the front 7 5 cross-piece 7 of the cabinet. In this position the shelf is perfectly stiff and supports the box without anygtipping whatever. Further, since friction is almost negligible in a construction of this kind, it is evident that the only force necessary to open or to close the shelf is that which is required to raise the shelf and box on the radius-arms 5 until they become vertical, when the weight of the parts finishes the movement.

One advantage of this device is that a shelf cannot be left partially closed, but must be either entirely opened or entirely closed.

I have also provided a loose cover to the .openbox 1, placed on the shelf 2. This consists go of a flat board 8, resting by its own wei ht on the top of the box 1 when it is in the caiinet, and thus closing the box ti htly. The sides of the cover 8 are loosely held in the broad groove 9 in the sides 10 of the cabinet. A front board 11 is secured to the cover 8 and is adapted to close the space between the front of the box land the front board 12 of the cabinet. The board 11 also works loosely in a vertical extension of the above- I00 mentioned groove 9. When the shelf 2 pulls the box 1 out from the cabinet, the box rises andlifts the cover 8 in the groove and also slides from under it. When the box is all the way out, the cover 8 is left in about the same 10 5 position as it was when the box was in the cabinet; but it is now resting on the bottom of the grooves 9 in the sides 10.

The shelf 2 is provided with a depending apron 13, having a handle 14, by which the no shelf 2 is pulled out from the cabinet. The box which I prefer to use-with this cabinet is a variation of one patented by me on March 14, 1905, and numbered 784,751. In Fig. 5 I have illustrated the front of my improved box. 7 5 are provided with a vertical roove in which f the turned edges of the tin ont 16 are inserted, thus holding the front 16 to the box. The glass 17 is inserted between the front 16 and the front of the box, so as to close the IO hole therein and so as to display the goods in the box.

Having now described my invention,what

I claim is In a store-cabinet, the combination with a I 5 frame, having closed sides and an opening in The Wooden side walls 15' 

